Manor Farm Swallet Explained

Manor Farm Swallet
Location:Somerset, UK
Discovery:1972
Geology:Limestone
Bcra Grade:2
Access:Public
Grid Ref Uk:ST 4982 5566
Registry:Mendip Cave Registry[1]
Map:Somerset
Coordinates:51.2979°N -2.721°W

Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing.[2] In 1973 access to the cave was gained by an artificial shaft and walling it against collapse.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 183 . Manor Farm Swallet . 2012-03-30.
  2. M.G.Norton. History of the dig at Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip. 1969. UBSS. UBSS Proceedings. 12 . 1 . 83–88.
  3. P.L. Smart. W.I. . Stanton. Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Somerset: An Account and Geomorphology. 1974. UBSS. UBSS Proceedings. 13 . 3 . 391–402.